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Nov. 17, 1925. 1,562,290

R. CARLSON GAME Filed April 5, 1925' FoeFl Gar/for! INVENTOR WITNFSS: 2 g ATTORNEY J 1 1 Patented Nov. 17,1925.

' UNITED sT rss I 1 ,562,290, N j' F'FiICEQ- ROBERT CARLSQN, or ennnnwrorr, Conivnc'rrcurq Application filed April 3,1925 Serial N0. 20,532;

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1,. ROBERT CARLsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenwich, in the county of Fairfield'and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games,- of

' which the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to a new, interesting and instructive game which -may be played by a number of players.

, are arranged face downward on the field to be drawn on by the commanders of the attacking forces should their own men or playing pieces not be of a denomination to capture and replace the defender playing pieces, and in which the cominander of the attacking forceshas his men displace the defender playlng pieces and is himself arranged nearest the goal, wins the game.

The game is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which Figure '1 is a plan view showing the playing or game pieces arranged at' the 1beginn1n of the playing of the game.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the game piece representing one of the attackers.

Figure 3 is a similarview of ordinary playing pieces. 7, r

The game apparatus comprises eightyfour substantially rectangular blocks of one or the wood or other desired material. ,Eighty.

of these blockshave on one of their faces pictures representing the busts of soldiers,

the busts being reversely arranged at the diagonally opposed upper left and lower right hand corners and have inscribed thereon a'numeral or like designating character. These blocks are indicated by the numerals 1. Four similar shaped blocks 2 are employed. These blocks have inscribed on their faces oppositely disposed busts representing kings. The king blocks 2 have inscribed on their diagonally opposed upper left and lower right hand corners characters 3. The soldier blocks 1 are designedto ingpieces.

a goal while the king blocks -2"represe nt the commanders of attacking forces.

In playing the'game'ahfield 3, such as the top of a table is made use of. ,Soldier blocks are arranged in separate radialrows. on the held and 'definlng a goal t between the adjacent ends of the rows.

The goal 4 is supposed to represent citadeloor saythe palace of a queen.- In

order to defend her palace from attack the queen has thrown out a guard represented by the rows of'playing or game pieces as above mentioned. The soldier blocksare arranged in series: of ten .and are'consecurepresent both defenders and attackers of tively numbered. The playing piecesnumr I bered 1 are arranged nearest." the goal; 4.

Theking blocks or attackersfare supposed to creep close to the defenders and are therefore arranged at' the end blocks of the'respective rows. .Inthe showing of Figure 1' of the drawlngs four, persons play the 3 game but the said game may be played by two or. three persons. As previously stated eighty-four playingpieces. are employed;

Four of these represent theking blocks 2 and the soldier blocks, not arranged as dc-d fenders of the gameare placed face down ward on the field 3 and may be'shuflled about. Each player draws four blocks from the deck provided by the down-faced play- The first player having a soldier block numbered '1 among his forces} isen titled to place this block behind his king block and to remove the soldierblock num--- bored 1 from the defenders and place the same face down on the deck or discards If no player has a number 1 soldier block among hisextra pieces or support the first.

player agreed upon "may discard one of the blocks representing his force and draw an other block from the deck.

1 block has been obtained by one player and the desired blocks are not among'the forces of the remaining players, the players may thus draw from the deck untila block 1 containing the desired number is 1 obtained. As the attacking blocks 1 are obtained by the'player and arranged to the rear of his king'or commander the defender This is" con tinued by the respective players until the number 1 block is reached, or if a number I l blocks are'removed from the rows and placed in the discard; The rows are then moved forward to the original positions and after one of the players has obtainedblocks.

1 bearing the numerals from 1 to 10, respectively and has arranged the same in" sequence to the rear of the attacker or commander block 2 the players first making such move wins the game, as the king block is supposed to now lead his force against the palace and capture the queen. A player may'set back another player by putting a numbered soldier block in front of another players row that-corresponds to the number :inrthe back of the king of the last mentioned p'layers :row and then order him to discard "the guard block back of his king. The more setbacks vthe less chance of getting the king block nearest the goal.

- A double play must be made by a player when he can and is made as follows:

When another players :piece back of the king, is "the same, as the first guard piece,'

in the players row and the player draws or has among his extras a corresponding piece he must first place this extra in front of anotherplayersrow and ask for the one in back of :the king, inrthe other play ersrow; and place this back of his oWn king, and discardfthe piece in front of his own-row. Thei dou'ble play is as follows: Suppose another fplayers guard piece back of the king No. 3, andthe players first guard plece in front- 1s No. 3. Now 1f the player has among his extrasor draws No.

,3 he places this :in frontof another players rowtakes No. Sin back of this other play ers king and places'it back-of his own king and discards No. 8 that is in the front of his own row.

It a player does not make this double play when he can but just makes a single play by putting the No. 3 back of his own king and discarding No. 3 in the frol to of his row; any player seeing this shouts alt as sOonasthepiece has been discarded. \The player calling halte gains by this and may take one guard piece from his own lOW and place it back of his own king, While the other player must take the piece that he put back 01 king and return it to the'front of the row. i V n All discarded pieces-must be placed face down on the table and'ii necessary shufiled a goal, other playing blocks representing attackers arranged to-the rearrof the. respective rows, other playing blocks similar to the detenders having their faces down on the field and representing reserves and a number of such reserve blocks providing the force of the attackers. a

in testimony whereof I atlix my signature. v

ROBERT CARLSON. 

